William O. Barnard

William Oscar Barnard (* October 25, 1852 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana, † April 8, 1939 in New Castle, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1909 and 1911 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1854, William Barnard came with his parents to Dublin in Wayne County. 1856 the family moved to the Fayette County and 1866 in the Henry County, where he attended the public schools. He also completed the Spiceland Academy. Then Barnard worked for five years as a teacher. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1876 admitted to the bar, he began practicing as a lawyer. Between 1887 and 1893 he was a prosecutor in the 18th and 53rd judicial district of his home state. From 1896 to 1902 he was a judge in the 53rd district.

Politically, Barnard member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1908 he was in the sixth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Eli Watson on March 4, 1909. As he said Democrats Finly H. Gray defeated in 1910, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1911. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives William Barnard worked as an attorney in New Castle. There he is on 8 April 1939, died.

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